The following code:
#include <stdio.h>
#include <sys/types.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main()
{
pid_t mypid = getpid();
write(1, &mypid, sizeof(pid_t));
return 0;
}
Prints gibberish instead of actual pid. Why?
write(..
will not print formatted text, but rather binary output directly to a file descriptor.
Just use printf
or fprintf
:
fprintf(stdout, "%d", (int) mypid);